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K'?ICE OF LIBRARIAN
ROOM 106 - CAPITOL
WEATHER
•December 30 13 —12
December 31 6 —10 .07
January 1 20 — 6
January 2 25 —1
January 3 9 —21
January 4-1 —32
January 5 9 —30
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FALLON COUNTY TIMES [UPS-184-940]
VOLUME NUMBER SIXTY-SIX
BAKER. MONTANA 59313
25 CENTS PER COPY
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7,1988
NUMBER 1
More nevjsfrom the year1987Viswngth
e old fashion way
March 19 ~ Coleen Barkley,
high school senior, has been selected to participate in this year's
Utah/Montana High School All-Star
girls basketball team that will tour
New Zealand and Australia. . .
Fallon County Spelling Bee scheduled for March 24 . . . Seventeen
nurses aides at Fallon Medical
Complex graduated with certification. . . Fallon County proved they
had some effect on the legislature
as commissioner Willie Duffield
made two trips to argue over HB
383 (concerning the "holiday for oil
production) as it was something our
county could not afford to have in
effect. . . Juelie McLean was appointed to represent the student exchange program in Fallon County. .
March 30 was announced to be the
final date to enroll in the Wheat
and Feed administered by ASCS. .
Applications for the Montana Miss
T.E.E N. contest are now being
accepted. . . Baker CowBelles celebrated 25 years of existence.
March 26 - Montanans came one
step closer to a sales tax Saturday
when the House of Representatives
endorsed a controversial four percent sales tax measure by a 52-48
vote, but it was reported to still be
a long way from being a law. . .
City discussed repairing the main
sewer trunk line and the new retirement program for the city's
employees. . . Bob Berndt received
his mount of a Javelina (wild pig)
which he had shot 110 miles east of
Phoenix in 1986. . Coleen Barkley
and Sandy Jacobson were selected
to the All-Conference volleyball
team for 1987 Kim Schweigert was
given Honorable Mention. . . Farm
Credit Services were offering rates
as low as eight percent to potential
land buyers. . State FHA convention will be attended by ten members including Mrs. Beach. . .
Marvin Tweet celebrates 30 years
of service with the postal department.
April 2 — Concern was sparked
over letters received by numerous
owners of mineral rights In Fallon
County from Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline. The letters were
seeking to purchase underground
storage and withdrawal rights of all
natural and/or artificial gas lying
on the stratum described as the
Judith River Sand. . . Daylight
savings time is set to begin Sunday
morning at 200 . . Julie Bublitz,
eighth grader, wins County Spell'ng
Bee . Jim Stanton reminds voters
that mill levy and trustee elections
for District 12 are April 7. . Rep
Jack Ramirez proposed to re-apportion the state eliminating 26 of the
56 counties in Montana.
Florence McEachren celebrated her
100th birthday. . . Ivan and Billie
Jo Losing celebrated their 25th
anniversary.
April 9 - Extensive damage to
two vehicles occurred when Bernice
Njos collided with Marjorie Lossing
while entering Highway 7 on Fallon
Avenue. Jason Lossing was taken
to the hospital for observation. . .
Baker High School band and choir
both received superior ratings at
the 58th annual District Eleven
Music Festival. . . Plevna music
students also did well in Miles City
Festival, after which many will
attend the State Festival. . . Interstate highways within Montana will
be changing their speed limits to
65. . . A meeting of the mineral
rights owners who have received
letters from Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline has been set for
Thursday to discuss possible action
and information concerning selling
their rights to WBI. . . Henry Logar
was re-elected and Gary Wade
elected to the baord of trustees for
the school district. 500 Voters
turned out. . . At the second annual
Racquetball Tourney, Joanne Parini
won in the women's division, Jason
Dufner of Glendive took the junior
division, Nate Naprstek led the
men's D division and Don and
Wanda Beck swept the mixed
doubles division.
April 16 — Kyle Newell returned
last weekend from the State Science
Fair with a piece of the gold! He
won a gold ribbon for his Science
Fair project, "Coal to Gas". . . Pat
Harrison participated in a Torch
Run from Helena to Billings to
raise funds for the Special Olympics. . . Doug Tate, a student at
Baker High School, interviewed
Supreme Court Justice William
Brennan in a nationally televised
seminar. . . Dana Robinson was
selected from a field of 54 stores as
Manager of the Year for Valley
Motor Supply Co. . . . Turkey season is set to open April 18. . . The
Baker Lions Club used a goat and a
cffy ordinance to raise funds for the
Montana Eye Bank; since a city
ordinance says no livestock allowed
within city limits, the Lions Club
(after secretly placing the goat in a
yard) offered to have the goat
removed from the premises for a
"small fee". Proceeds went to the
Eye Bank. . . Discussions continued
on the selling of mineral rights to
WBI. Gary Lang, County Commission chairman, explained at a
public hearing the ideas of the
county to have their own storage
tanks and the purpose of the letters
the owners of the rights had received. . State Auditor and Commissioner of Insurance Andy Bennett
has cautioned Montana insurance
consumers that a recent mail
solicitation by the North American
Benefit Association of Dallas,
Texas, is in violation of the
Montana law. . . Governor Ted
Schwinden proclaimed this week as
World Population Awareness Week.
April 23 •• Highway Patrolman
Pat Harrison presented Sally
Scioneaux of Baker the "Walk
Away Award" for wearing her seat-
belt and being able to "walk away
from an accident which could have
ended in a critical or fatal result". .
The 50th Legislature came to an
end this week with the chief disappointment being the apparent
absence of significant property tax
relief. Crimestopppers is
investigating the theft of a car
stereo valued at $150. . . Federal
Reserve Bank of Minneapolis researches forecast that non-farm
economy should "be on the rise at
an even pace through 1988. . .
Wheat prices were down to $2.58
from $2.62; barley was up from
$1.56 to $1.65. . . Weather that
week touched a high of 93 and got
as low as 46 during the daytime,
and as low as 36 at night. . . City
proclaims Clean-Up Week to begin
May 2. . . Spring music concert for
Baker High School will be Tuesday.
. . . Thirty-four boys and girls
registered for the 1987-88 kindergarten class. . . Baker High welcomed student teacher Tim
Cronnelly.
April 30 — Marion Hanson
chosen candidate for Senior Citizen
of the Year for Fallon County. . .
ASCS is offering cash exchange or
generic commodity certificates that
expire March 3f. . . Parent-teacher
conferences were conducted April
8. . . . Louis Jensen, chairman, was
elected trustee for Fertile Prairie
along with Eugene Sonsalla as
trustee for a term of one year. . .
.Gov. Schwinden vetoes SB274 that
was an act that allowed government entities to restrict publication
of audit reports in full to a
summary statement. Schwinden
said, "it unnecessarily hinders
access of citzens to information relative to the actions of their local
government officials, thereby reducing their constitutional rights".
. . . Bicycle safety school conducted by the Police Department will be
v held May 6, 7. 8, at all three elementary schools. . . Health Awareness Clinic set at the Fallon
Medical Complex for May 8. . .
1987 BHS prom candidates were
Jay Newell, Mark Wandle, Rob
Merwin, Jeff Sampson, Lori Losing,
Danni Keirle, Kara Burns and Kim
Schweigert. . . Planning for the
Fallon County 4-H Demolition
Derby is underway.
(Continued on page 2)
new tax laws in 1988
If you thought it was going to be
a change to wear your seatbelt, and
add your dependents' Social Security numbers to your tax return, it
will be . . but it doesn't stop here.
1988 is bringing a few new tax laws
into effect as of January 1.
According to Fallon County
Treasurer Faye Koenig, registration
for motor vehicles rose from $2 to
$3. title fees from $3 to $4,
duplicate title charges from $2 to $3
and lien fees from $3 to $4. These •
changes were mandated by the
Montana Legislature and are in
addition to motor vehicle tax schedule changes that went into effect
Julyl
Koenig said the state will now be
issuing new plates for motorcycles
and small trailers. "To be uniform
with other states, Montana has
changed the shape of the plate to
be a small rectangle rather than the
square ones we have now. The light
blue and white colors will remain
the same, however."
Also a new law. House Bill 813
requires the owners of all-terrain
vehicles, ATV, to have them licensed for use on public lands. Fees
will be $25 for those less than three
years old (1986-1988) and $15 for
those three years and older (1985
and prior).
ATV's are described as being a
self-propelled vehicle used for
recreation or cross country travel on
public lands, trails, easements,
lakes, rivers or streams; such as,
motorcycles, quadricycles, dune
buggies, amphibious vehicles, air
cushion vehicles, and any other
Fire department receives $500
- Rod Johnson, operations specialist
with Shell Western E & P Inc., and also a local
fireman, presents a $500 donation from Shell
Western E&P Inc., to Fire Chief Bernie Heiser
of the Baker Volunteer Fire Departmei t.
Heiser stated the money will be placed in an
ale machine ".fund to be used for parts and
eventually a new machine.
The Baker Fire Department fills all of the
breathing air tanks for surrounding volunteer
departments and oil fields.
"Each year Shell is generous enough to
donate to our fund. We're very thankful for
their donation," said Heiser.
means of land transportation deriving motive power from any source
other than muscle or wind. The
exceptions are vehicles designed
primarily for travel on, over or in
the water, snowmobiles or other
vehicles otherwise licensed under
the laws of the state.
Koenig added that the Fish,
Wildlife and Parks Department sent
the county the decals that the
"ATV's must have clearly displayed
to Viow proof of paid fees; and
charged the county ten cents apiece
for them. She has on hand 60
decals and that cost them $6.
As of January 1, property taxes
on livestock of 23 months of age
and under has been eliminated.
However, County Assessor Curt
Huether said those livestock of 24
months and older are taxable. Also
eliminated was taxes covering the
on-farm grain storage/
House Bill 658 should spark a
grin on the faces of boat owners in
the county and throughout the state
as it designed a new set of registration fees for them.
Last year's decal fee of $1 has
been changed to $2,but the counties are switching to a flat fee schedule for taxation, instead of assessing the boats as personal property
as in years past.
The flat fee for motorboats and
sailboats between 10 and 14 feet is
now $7.50. For those 14 to 16
feet.it is $15 and for those 16 to 17
feet it is now $32. Fees for boats 17
to 19 feet long will be $3 per foot
and those 19 feet and longer it is
now $4 per foot.
Koenig said she currently has
available the new plates for the
motorcycles and small trailers, and
the decals for the ATV's at the
Fallon County Treasurer's office.
County and Fire
District filing
dates change
The terms of Jean Cameron,
Clerk of Court, and Gary Lang,
County Commissioner, will expire
this year and will be voted on June
7th.
Mary Lee Dietz, Fallon County
Clerk and Recorder, announced that
the first day for filing of nomination forms to run for these positions
is January 25, which is 135 days
prior to the election date.
Another change will come in the
Fire District election. The filing
deadline for those positions is
January 21, with petitions due to
the Clerk and Recorder seven days
prior, or January 14.
Those whose terms are expired
this election are: J. Robert Rusley,
Baiter Fire District; and Robert F.
Rieger, Steve Stickney, and Matt
W. Thielen of the Plevna Fire
District. These positions will be
voted on April 5, 1968, same date
as the school election.
Withdrawals from nomination i'or
til* olimc rtiiTtaiTy u'liy nut vac ftiauc
any later than 5 p.m. on the filing
deadline day, which is Mareh 24.
1968.
For those wishing to file an
absentee ballot, they must Insure
availability no later than 45 days
before the election. April 23rd.
It definitely wasn't the Rose Bowl on January 1, but it was better than an episode of "Fishin' with Orlando!!" :-. . and it was
live! Rich and son, Mike Menger spent New Year's Day fishing
on Baker Lake, where they managed to "spear" 10 Northern
Pike—one of which was a 10 pounder caught by Rich. The other
nine averaged 1-3 pounds!
Chamber installation
and new business dinner
As the saying goes, 'behind
every cloud there is a silver
lining...' so goes the story of
Baker. Tough economical- times produce a tough road for business
people, but it didn't stop the nine
new businesses that are being
honored Friday, January 8, by the
Baker Chamber of Commerce.
Chamber president Gerry
Gamrath said the annual installation of officers end the w'coming
of new businesses in B_i>c: will
take place at a supper, Friday, at
the Talk of the Town/Blue Room.
Among the businesses being
honored are two new owners of
familiar businesses in town. They
are Joe and Florence Herbst who
purchased the Talk of the Town,
and Propane Energy Incorporated
which purchased the Golden Gas
Company.
Other new businesses and owners are Fashion Cents owned by
Susan Sampson; Video Store,
Jackie Wiseman; C & S Automotive, Chuck Abrams and Steve
Baldwin; Upper Cut, Dave Wiseman; Kuts 4 All, Cindy Straub;
Gunrunner, Rick Stark; and Dr.
A.J. Sparr, Dr. K R Zuroff, and
Dr. R.M. Weir, who have opened
an eye clinic on Wednesdays in
Baker. Gamrath said he is proud to
welcome the new businesses to the
community and wishes them well in
the new year of 1988.
Gamrath also announced the
new officers for 1988 and they are
as follows: president - Harvey
Reetz, 1st vice president - Del
Stuart, 2nd vice presidenit - Jim
Schaefer, secretary - Roger
Schmidt, treasurer - Marilyn Askin,
board of directors members are:
one year term - Dale Boggs and
Barcie Samsel; two year term - Bill
Randaah, Russ Nc~.ll; anrj fr.r-je
year term - Gerry Gamrath and Del
Kenitzer. The new officers will be
installed as part of the supper's'
ceremonies.
Cocktails will be at 6 p.m. and
supper will begin at 7 p.m. Guest
speaker for the evening will be Les
Jones, a representative of the
SCORE program in Billings.SCORE
stands for Service Corp of Retired
Executives ar.d they offer advice for
the new and existing businesses on
finance, personnel and whatever
information a business owner/manager may need. Del Kenitzer said
he is looking forward to an inspirational speech that should "give us
all a shot in the arm about our
economy and the business atmosphere in Baker. We may find out
that.we're not all as bad off as it
may seem."
Winter grazing seminar
The Fallon County Range Committee will be hosting the Montana
Winter Grazing Seminar at the
Fallon County Fairgrounds in Ba/.er
beginning at 1 p.m. January 19 and
closing at 12 noon on the 21st of
January. This is the fourth annual
seminar that has been held
throughout the State of Montana.
The seminar will begin with Paul
Bultsma, the North Dakota Extension Service, speaking on seeding
grass In the northern plains. John
Scheetz, Plants Materials Center at
Bridger, will speak on research at
PMC carried out on grasj seedings
xdt itiiptwm pi\niucu\ni. rout
Nyren, North Dakota Experiment
Station at Strecter, will talk on the
.grasses response to grazing. The
first day of the seminar will
conclude with Brian Slndelar from
MSU discussing the latest technology in range improvements.
Wednesday, January 20, will
begin with Kris Havstad, MSU.
discussing the timely subject of
winter grazing and timing supplementation on the winter range. Pat
Reece from the University of.
Nebraska and co-author of the
publication "Understanding Grass
Growth: The Key to Profitable Livestock Production" will discuss plant
growth. John Lacey, Extension
Range Specialist, will speak on
rangeland monitoring and moderate
a panel of area ranchers who are
diversified in their operations.
Celestlne Lacey will continue the
__y _fiu -Spv—K Ofi iiujuuua and
nuisance range weeds.
A banquet will be held the
evening of the 20th with John
Taylor, head of the range department, MSU, as guest speaker.
(Continued on page 7)

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K'?ICE OF LIBRARIAN
ROOM 106 - CAPITOL
WEATHER
•December 30 13 —12
December 31 6 —10 .07
January 1 20 — 6
January 2 25 —1
January 3 9 —21
January 4-1 —32
January 5 9 —30
*Z\)t Jf allon County Mimtz
FALLON COUNTY TIMES [UPS-184-940]
VOLUME NUMBER SIXTY-SIX
BAKER. MONTANA 59313
25 CENTS PER COPY
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7,1988
NUMBER 1
More nevjsfrom the year1987Viswngth
e old fashion way
March 19 ~ Coleen Barkley,
high school senior, has been selected to participate in this year's
Utah/Montana High School All-Star
girls basketball team that will tour
New Zealand and Australia. . .
Fallon County Spelling Bee scheduled for March 24 . . . Seventeen
nurses aides at Fallon Medical
Complex graduated with certification. . . Fallon County proved they
had some effect on the legislature
as commissioner Willie Duffield
made two trips to argue over HB
383 (concerning the "holiday for oil
production) as it was something our
county could not afford to have in
effect. . . Juelie McLean was appointed to represent the student exchange program in Fallon County. .
March 30 was announced to be the
final date to enroll in the Wheat
and Feed administered by ASCS. .
Applications for the Montana Miss
T.E.E N. contest are now being
accepted. . . Baker CowBelles celebrated 25 years of existence.
March 26 - Montanans came one
step closer to a sales tax Saturday
when the House of Representatives
endorsed a controversial four percent sales tax measure by a 52-48
vote, but it was reported to still be
a long way from being a law. . .
City discussed repairing the main
sewer trunk line and the new retirement program for the city's
employees. . . Bob Berndt received
his mount of a Javelina (wild pig)
which he had shot 110 miles east of
Phoenix in 1986. . Coleen Barkley
and Sandy Jacobson were selected
to the All-Conference volleyball
team for 1987 Kim Schweigert was
given Honorable Mention. . . Farm
Credit Services were offering rates
as low as eight percent to potential
land buyers. . State FHA convention will be attended by ten members including Mrs. Beach. . .
Marvin Tweet celebrates 30 years
of service with the postal department.
April 2 — Concern was sparked
over letters received by numerous
owners of mineral rights In Fallon
County from Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline. The letters were
seeking to purchase underground
storage and withdrawal rights of all
natural and/or artificial gas lying
on the stratum described as the
Judith River Sand. . . Daylight
savings time is set to begin Sunday
morning at 200 . . Julie Bublitz,
eighth grader, wins County Spell'ng
Bee . Jim Stanton reminds voters
that mill levy and trustee elections
for District 12 are April 7. . Rep
Jack Ramirez proposed to re-apportion the state eliminating 26 of the
56 counties in Montana.
Florence McEachren celebrated her
100th birthday. . . Ivan and Billie
Jo Losing celebrated their 25th
anniversary.
April 9 - Extensive damage to
two vehicles occurred when Bernice
Njos collided with Marjorie Lossing
while entering Highway 7 on Fallon
Avenue. Jason Lossing was taken
to the hospital for observation. . .
Baker High School band and choir
both received superior ratings at
the 58th annual District Eleven
Music Festival. . . Plevna music
students also did well in Miles City
Festival, after which many will
attend the State Festival. . . Interstate highways within Montana will
be changing their speed limits to
65. . . A meeting of the mineral
rights owners who have received
letters from Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline has been set for
Thursday to discuss possible action
and information concerning selling
their rights to WBI. . . Henry Logar
was re-elected and Gary Wade
elected to the baord of trustees for
the school district. 500 Voters
turned out. . . At the second annual
Racquetball Tourney, Joanne Parini
won in the women's division, Jason
Dufner of Glendive took the junior
division, Nate Naprstek led the
men's D division and Don and
Wanda Beck swept the mixed
doubles division.
April 16 — Kyle Newell returned
last weekend from the State Science
Fair with a piece of the gold! He
won a gold ribbon for his Science
Fair project, "Coal to Gas". . . Pat
Harrison participated in a Torch
Run from Helena to Billings to
raise funds for the Special Olympics. . . Doug Tate, a student at
Baker High School, interviewed
Supreme Court Justice William
Brennan in a nationally televised
seminar. . . Dana Robinson was
selected from a field of 54 stores as
Manager of the Year for Valley
Motor Supply Co. . . . Turkey season is set to open April 18. . . The
Baker Lions Club used a goat and a
cffy ordinance to raise funds for the
Montana Eye Bank; since a city
ordinance says no livestock allowed
within city limits, the Lions Club
(after secretly placing the goat in a
yard) offered to have the goat
removed from the premises for a
"small fee". Proceeds went to the
Eye Bank. . . Discussions continued
on the selling of mineral rights to
WBI. Gary Lang, County Commission chairman, explained at a
public hearing the ideas of the
county to have their own storage
tanks and the purpose of the letters
the owners of the rights had received. . State Auditor and Commissioner of Insurance Andy Bennett
has cautioned Montana insurance
consumers that a recent mail
solicitation by the North American
Benefit Association of Dallas,
Texas, is in violation of the
Montana law. . . Governor Ted
Schwinden proclaimed this week as
World Population Awareness Week.
April 23 •• Highway Patrolman
Pat Harrison presented Sally
Scioneaux of Baker the "Walk
Away Award" for wearing her seat-
belt and being able to "walk away
from an accident which could have
ended in a critical or fatal result". .
The 50th Legislature came to an
end this week with the chief disappointment being the apparent
absence of significant property tax
relief. Crimestopppers is
investigating the theft of a car
stereo valued at $150. . . Federal
Reserve Bank of Minneapolis researches forecast that non-farm
economy should "be on the rise at
an even pace through 1988. . .
Wheat prices were down to $2.58
from $2.62; barley was up from
$1.56 to $1.65. . . Weather that
week touched a high of 93 and got
as low as 46 during the daytime,
and as low as 36 at night. . . City
proclaims Clean-Up Week to begin
May 2. . . Spring music concert for
Baker High School will be Tuesday.
. . . Thirty-four boys and girls
registered for the 1987-88 kindergarten class. . . Baker High welcomed student teacher Tim
Cronnelly.
April 30 — Marion Hanson
chosen candidate for Senior Citizen
of the Year for Fallon County. . .
ASCS is offering cash exchange or
generic commodity certificates that
expire March 3f. . . Parent-teacher
conferences were conducted April
8. . . . Louis Jensen, chairman, was
elected trustee for Fertile Prairie
along with Eugene Sonsalla as
trustee for a term of one year. . .
.Gov. Schwinden vetoes SB274 that
was an act that allowed government entities to restrict publication
of audit reports in full to a
summary statement. Schwinden
said, "it unnecessarily hinders
access of citzens to information relative to the actions of their local
government officials, thereby reducing their constitutional rights".
. . . Bicycle safety school conducted by the Police Department will be
v held May 6, 7. 8, at all three elementary schools. . . Health Awareness Clinic set at the Fallon
Medical Complex for May 8. . .
1987 BHS prom candidates were
Jay Newell, Mark Wandle, Rob
Merwin, Jeff Sampson, Lori Losing,
Danni Keirle, Kara Burns and Kim
Schweigert. . . Planning for the
Fallon County 4-H Demolition
Derby is underway.
(Continued on page 2)
new tax laws in 1988
If you thought it was going to be
a change to wear your seatbelt, and
add your dependents' Social Security numbers to your tax return, it
will be . . but it doesn't stop here.
1988 is bringing a few new tax laws
into effect as of January 1.
According to Fallon County
Treasurer Faye Koenig, registration
for motor vehicles rose from $2 to
$3. title fees from $3 to $4,
duplicate title charges from $2 to $3
and lien fees from $3 to $4. These •
changes were mandated by the
Montana Legislature and are in
addition to motor vehicle tax schedule changes that went into effect
Julyl
Koenig said the state will now be
issuing new plates for motorcycles
and small trailers. "To be uniform
with other states, Montana has
changed the shape of the plate to
be a small rectangle rather than the
square ones we have now. The light
blue and white colors will remain
the same, however."
Also a new law. House Bill 813
requires the owners of all-terrain
vehicles, ATV, to have them licensed for use on public lands. Fees
will be $25 for those less than three
years old (1986-1988) and $15 for
those three years and older (1985
and prior).
ATV's are described as being a
self-propelled vehicle used for
recreation or cross country travel on
public lands, trails, easements,
lakes, rivers or streams; such as,
motorcycles, quadricycles, dune
buggies, amphibious vehicles, air
cushion vehicles, and any other
Fire department receives $500
- Rod Johnson, operations specialist
with Shell Western E & P Inc., and also a local
fireman, presents a $500 donation from Shell
Western E&P Inc., to Fire Chief Bernie Heiser
of the Baker Volunteer Fire Departmei t.
Heiser stated the money will be placed in an
ale machine ".fund to be used for parts and
eventually a new machine.
The Baker Fire Department fills all of the
breathing air tanks for surrounding volunteer
departments and oil fields.
"Each year Shell is generous enough to
donate to our fund. We're very thankful for
their donation" said Heiser.
means of land transportation deriving motive power from any source
other than muscle or wind. The
exceptions are vehicles designed
primarily for travel on, over or in
the water, snowmobiles or other
vehicles otherwise licensed under
the laws of the state.
Koenig added that the Fish,
Wildlife and Parks Department sent
the county the decals that the
"ATV's must have clearly displayed
to Viow proof of paid fees; and
charged the county ten cents apiece
for them. She has on hand 60
decals and that cost them $6.
As of January 1, property taxes
on livestock of 23 months of age
and under has been eliminated.
However, County Assessor Curt
Huether said those livestock of 24
months and older are taxable. Also
eliminated was taxes covering the
on-farm grain storage/
House Bill 658 should spark a
grin on the faces of boat owners in
the county and throughout the state
as it designed a new set of registration fees for them.
Last year's decal fee of $1 has
been changed to $2,but the counties are switching to a flat fee schedule for taxation, instead of assessing the boats as personal property
as in years past.
The flat fee for motorboats and
sailboats between 10 and 14 feet is
now $7.50. For those 14 to 16
feet.it is $15 and for those 16 to 17
feet it is now $32. Fees for boats 17
to 19 feet long will be $3 per foot
and those 19 feet and longer it is
now $4 per foot.
Koenig said she currently has
available the new plates for the
motorcycles and small trailers, and
the decals for the ATV's at the
Fallon County Treasurer's office.
County and Fire
District filing
dates change
The terms of Jean Cameron,
Clerk of Court, and Gary Lang,
County Commissioner, will expire
this year and will be voted on June
7th.
Mary Lee Dietz, Fallon County
Clerk and Recorder, announced that
the first day for filing of nomination forms to run for these positions
is January 25, which is 135 days
prior to the election date.
Another change will come in the
Fire District election. The filing
deadline for those positions is
January 21, with petitions due to
the Clerk and Recorder seven days
prior, or January 14.
Those whose terms are expired
this election are: J. Robert Rusley,
Baiter Fire District; and Robert F.
Rieger, Steve Stickney, and Matt
W. Thielen of the Plevna Fire
District. These positions will be
voted on April 5, 1968, same date
as the school election.
Withdrawals from nomination i'or
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any later than 5 p.m. on the filing
deadline day, which is Mareh 24.
1968.
For those wishing to file an
absentee ballot, they must Insure
availability no later than 45 days
before the election. April 23rd.
It definitely wasn't the Rose Bowl on January 1, but it was better than an episode of "Fishin' with Orlando!!" :-. . and it was
live! Rich and son, Mike Menger spent New Year's Day fishing
on Baker Lake, where they managed to "spear" 10 Northern
Pike—one of which was a 10 pounder caught by Rich. The other
nine averaged 1-3 pounds!
Chamber installation
and new business dinner
As the saying goes, 'behind
every cloud there is a silver
lining...' so goes the story of
Baker. Tough economical- times produce a tough road for business
people, but it didn't stop the nine
new businesses that are being
honored Friday, January 8, by the
Baker Chamber of Commerce.
Chamber president Gerry
Gamrath said the annual installation of officers end the w'coming
of new businesses in B_i>c: will
take place at a supper, Friday, at
the Talk of the Town/Blue Room.
Among the businesses being
honored are two new owners of
familiar businesses in town. They
are Joe and Florence Herbst who
purchased the Talk of the Town,
and Propane Energy Incorporated
which purchased the Golden Gas
Company.
Other new businesses and owners are Fashion Cents owned by
Susan Sampson; Video Store,
Jackie Wiseman; C & S Automotive, Chuck Abrams and Steve
Baldwin; Upper Cut, Dave Wiseman; Kuts 4 All, Cindy Straub;
Gunrunner, Rick Stark; and Dr.
A.J. Sparr, Dr. K R Zuroff, and
Dr. R.M. Weir, who have opened
an eye clinic on Wednesdays in
Baker. Gamrath said he is proud to
welcome the new businesses to the
community and wishes them well in
the new year of 1988.
Gamrath also announced the
new officers for 1988 and they are
as follows: president - Harvey
Reetz, 1st vice president - Del
Stuart, 2nd vice presidenit - Jim
Schaefer, secretary - Roger
Schmidt, treasurer - Marilyn Askin,
board of directors members are:
one year term - Dale Boggs and
Barcie Samsel; two year term - Bill
Randaah, Russ Nc~.ll; anrj fr.r-je
year term - Gerry Gamrath and Del
Kenitzer. The new officers will be
installed as part of the supper's'
ceremonies.
Cocktails will be at 6 p.m. and
supper will begin at 7 p.m. Guest
speaker for the evening will be Les
Jones, a representative of the
SCORE program in Billings.SCORE
stands for Service Corp of Retired
Executives ar.d they offer advice for
the new and existing businesses on
finance, personnel and whatever
information a business owner/manager may need. Del Kenitzer said
he is looking forward to an inspirational speech that should "give us
all a shot in the arm about our
economy and the business atmosphere in Baker. We may find out
that.we're not all as bad off as it
may seem."
Winter grazing seminar
The Fallon County Range Committee will be hosting the Montana
Winter Grazing Seminar at the
Fallon County Fairgrounds in Ba/.er
beginning at 1 p.m. January 19 and
closing at 12 noon on the 21st of
January. This is the fourth annual
seminar that has been held
throughout the State of Montana.
The seminar will begin with Paul
Bultsma, the North Dakota Extension Service, speaking on seeding
grass In the northern plains. John
Scheetz, Plants Materials Center at
Bridger, will speak on research at
PMC carried out on grasj seedings
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Nyren, North Dakota Experiment
Station at Strecter, will talk on the
.grasses response to grazing. The
first day of the seminar will
conclude with Brian Slndelar from
MSU discussing the latest technology in range improvements.
Wednesday, January 20, will
begin with Kris Havstad, MSU.
discussing the timely subject of
winter grazing and timing supplementation on the winter range. Pat
Reece from the University of.
Nebraska and co-author of the
publication "Understanding Grass
Growth: The Key to Profitable Livestock Production" will discuss plant
growth. John Lacey, Extension
Range Specialist, will speak on
rangeland monitoring and moderate
a panel of area ranchers who are
diversified in their operations.
Celestlne Lacey will continue the
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nuisance range weeds.
A banquet will be held the
evening of the 20th with John
Taylor, head of the range department, MSU, as guest speaker.
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